Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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This was my impression.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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